Iphoto stuck updating thumbnails

my iphoto is currently stuck on updating thumbnails. An alert pops up for EVERY image saying the image cannot be found. There is no way to skip this process. My Iphoto currently is not fuctional until I can resolve this issue.

Select one of the thumbnails and use the File ➙ Reveal in Finder ➙ Original File menu option. You will be taken to the folder in the library that contains the original file and that file will be selected.

I am not able to select any thumbnail. iPhoto wants to update them however it pops up an alert saying

The photo "IMG_****.JPG" could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found.

It gives me two choices. Cancel and find photo. If I click cancel it moves on to the next photo and gives the same alert. If I choose to find the photo it takes me to finder and if I click on the iPhoto folder every photo is available.

I just went through the process of holding option and command while iPhoto opens. I rebuilt the database. Upon completing this process iPhoto began to function normally. I closed iPhoto and reopened it and the same issue occurred trying to update thumbnails.

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